The Ventures – Last Date (Bass Tab)

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LAST DATE (Bassline) As recorded by The Ventures (From the 1961 Album ANOTHER SMASH!!!) Music by Floyd Cramer Arranged by The Ventures Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Nokie Edwards - Bass' Q=72(8=s8) $ 4/4 Gtr I |-3-| |-3-|
  W          H    Q  E E E    Q.   E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E E
|----------|---------------||---------------|-----------------|
|----------|---------0-2-4-||------2-0------|-----------------|
|----------|---------------||-----------2---|-3----0----3-2-0-|
|----------|---------------||-3-----------3-|----0---3--------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q.   E Q  E E E   Q  E E Q  E E E   Q.   E Q  E E E
|-----------------|------2-0--------|-----------------|
|------2-0------0-|----2------------|------2-0------0-|
|-----------2-3---|-3---------3-2-0-|-----------2-3---|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|

                                              To Coda
            |-3-|
  Q  E E Q  E E E   H    H      H    Q.   E   H    H
|------2-0--5-4---|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|----2----------7-|-5---------|-5---------2-|-----------|
|-3---------------|------5----|------3------|-5----5----|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|-3-| |-3-|
  H    Q  E E E    Q.   E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E E
|---------------||---------------|------2-0---------|
|-5-------------||------2-0----0-|----2-------------|
|------5--3-2-0-||-----------2---|-3---------3-2-0--|
|---------------||-3-------------|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q.   E Q  E E E   Q  E E Q  E E E   Q.   E Q  E E E
|-----------------|------2-0--------|-----------------|
|------2-0------0-|----2------------|------2-0------0-|
|-----------2-3---|-3---------3-2-0-|-----------2-3---|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|

            |-3-|
  Q  E E Q  E E E   H    H      H    H      H    H
|------2-0--5-4---|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|----2----------7-|-5---------|-5---------|-----------|
|-3---------------|------5----|------3----|-5----5----|
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q  Q  Q  E E E    Q  E E Q  E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E E
|----------------||------2----------|----------------|
|-5--------------||----2---0--0-2-4-|-5--------------|
|----5--2----0-2-||-3---------------|----5--2----0-2-|
|----------3-----||-----------------|----------3-----|
|-3-| |-3-|
  Q  E E Q  E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E E   H    H      Q  Q  Q  Q
|------2----------|----------------|-----------|---------------|
|----2---0--0-2-4-|-5--------------|-----------|-5--4----------|
|-3---------------|----5-------0-2-|-3----5----|-------7-------|
|-----------------|-------3--3-----|-----------|----------7----|

                                 H.=H
                 D.S. al Coda &
                       |-3-|
  H    H      Q  Q  Q  E E E     W          +W
|-----------|-7---------------||----------|--------*|
|-7----7----|----7---------4--||----------|--------*|
|-----------|-------5--5-7----||----------|--------*|
|-----------|-----------------||-3--------|-(3)----*|
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths